I would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.
GEORGE JONESI lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
More George Jones Quotes
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All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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Don’t let the ‘business’ change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.
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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got out there,
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
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Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
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